ALBANY — A Brooklyn assemblyman accused of sexually harassing young female staffers says he has pneumonia and his health is "deteriorating."

In a one-paragraph statement on Tuesday, 71-year-old Vito Lopez says it's the second pneumonia diagnosis in nine months. He says he's "extremely fatigued" with limited mobility.

Lopez announced in 2010 that he had esophageal cancer. He said he was diagnosed with leukemia in 1993.

The once-powerful Lopez lost his job as Brooklyn Democratic party boss and was stripped of his Assembly leadership role last summer after the allegations were made public. The claims were settled in a secret, $103,000 payment using taxpayer money.